Ave Maria Parish - Parker, CO

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Mission and History
    • From Our Pastor
    • Parish Staff
    • Parish Registration
    • Job Opportunities
    • Important Links
    • Mass Intentions
    • Resources
    • Please Pray
    • Diocesan Events
  • Sacraments
    • Baptism
    • Reconciliation
    • Communion
    • Confirmation
    • Marriage
    • Holy Orders
    • Anointing of the Sick
    • Request A Certificate
  • Faith Formation
    • Children's Faith Formation >
      • Edge Camp Registration
      • 1st Reconciliation/ 1st Communion
      • Confirmation
    • High School Youth Ministry
    • Adult Faith Formation >
      • Bible Studies and Small Groups
      • Becoming Catholic
    • Jason Evert- Double Feature Event
  • Ministries
    • Stewardship as a Way of Life
    • Evangelization for Discipleship
    • Sacramental, Devotional and Prayer Life
    • Marriage, Family and Consecrated Life
  • Mass Schedule
  • Support Us
  • Contact Us
  • School

Sacraments

We recognize that the Sacraments have a visible and invisible reality, a reality open to all the human senses but grasped in its God-given depths with the eyes of faith. When parents hug their children, for example, the visible reality we see is the hug. The invisible reality the hug conveys is love. We cannot "see" the love the hug expresses, though sometimes we can see its nurturing effect in the child.

The visible reality we see in the Sacraments is their outward expression, the form they take, and the way in which they are administered and received. The invisible reality we cannot "see" is God's grace, his gracious initiative in redeeming us through the death and Resurrection of his Son. His initiative is called grace because it is the free and loving gift by which he offers people a share in his life, and shows us his favor and will for our salvation. Our response to the grace of God's initiative is itself a grace or gift from God by which we can imitate Christ in our daily lives.

The saving words and deeds of Jesus Christ are the foundation of what he would communicate in the Sacraments through the ministers of the Church. Guided by the Holy Spirit, the Church recognizes the existence of Seven Sacraments instituted by the Lord. They are the Sacraments of:

Initiation
  • Baptism
  • Confirmation
  • Eucharist

Healing
  • Penance
  • Anointing of the Sick

Service of Communion
  • Marriage
  • Holy Orders

Through the Sacraments, God shares his holiness with us so that we, in turn, can make the world holier.

Looking to request a certificate for a previously received sacrament at Ave Maria? Request Certificate Here
Ave Maria Catholic Parish
9056 E. Parker Road
Parker, CO 80138
Phone: (303) 841-3750
Fax: (303) 841-2412

Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Closed for lunch 12 PM - 1 PM

CLOSED - Friday, Saturday and Sunday
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